I have used this with my students that need to practice basic reading comp.

1. Penguins

2. Penguins are birds that can not fly. Their wings are flippers which they use to help them travel up to thirty miles per hour in water. They also use their flippers for balancing as they walk.

3. Penguins eat fish. They spend most of their time in the water. Penguins lay their eggs and raise their young on land.

4. There are many different kinds of penguins.

5. 1. Put the words in the correct order. different are of kinds there many penguins

6. Emperor penguins are the largest species of penguin and can grow to be about four feet tall, and weigh about one hundred pounds.

7. Some other well known penguins are the King Penguin, the Macaroni Penguin and the Adelie Penguin.

8. 2. Fix the punctuation and capitalization some other well known penguins are the king penguin the macaroni penguin and the adelie penguin.

9. Macaroni Penguin

10. Adelie Penguin

11. 3. A Penguin is a ________.bird, reptile or a fish Penguins are birds that can not fly. Bird

12. Their wings are flippers which they use to help them travel up to thirty miles per hour in water. 4. A penguin can swim up to ________ miles per hour.Twenty, thirty or fifty thirty

13. Penguins eat fish. 5. Penguins like to eat ___________.Pizza, eggs or fish Fish

14. They spend most of their time in the water. 6. Penguins spend most of their time in the __________.Desert, zoo, water Water

15. Emperor penguins are the largest species of penguin. 7. The ________ penguin is the largest penguin.Emperor, Macaroni or King Emperor

16. Penguins are birds that can not fly. 8. A penguin is a bird that can’t __________.Walk, swim or fly fly